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Newspaper
Longreach Leader
Location
Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 22, 1952
Page
16
The water supply fund budget outlines interest and redemption costs for new reticulation and booster pumps totaling £1137, with higher pumping costs from dry weather. A 1952 53 tariff proposes hotel, public premises, and residence rate hikes, plus minimum charges and extra fees for specific businesses, to fund bore water and related services.
Scouts in Longreach and central Queensland start Bob-A-Job Week from August 23 to 30 to fund building a new hut and support state scouting expansions. Cubs and Scouts will perform tasks from lawn mowing to delivering parcels, with earnings split between Kia Group and State Headquarters.
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